Bad, Medicine: Journal publishes doubly-brutal retraction notice - Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in on December 19, 2020

The Linked Original Item was Posted On December 4, 2020

A journal has retracted a paper it published earlier this year for pretty much every sin under the sun, scoring an own-goal in the process.

The article, “Effects and safety of tanreqing injection on viral pneumonia: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis,” was led by Yue Qiu, of the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and appeared in Medicine on September 11.

Below is a version of this post: We have questions.

Read the rest of this discussion piece

(EU) Psychologist’s paper retracted after Dutch national body affirms misconduct findings – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | November 2020)

‘An isolated incident’: Should reviewers check references? – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | September 2020)

(EU) French hydroxychloroquine study has “major methodological shortcomings” and is “fully irresponsible,” says review, but is not being retracted – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | July 2019)

(Australia and Canada) ‘How I got fooled’: The story behind the retraction of a study of gamers – Retraction Watch (Leto Sapunar | June 2020)

“I was shocked. I felt physically ill.” And still, she corrected the record – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | March 2020)

‘Avalanche’ of spider-paper retractions shakes behavioural-ecology community – Nature (Giuliana Viglione | February 2020)

(Europe) Psychology researcher committed misconduct, says university – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | December 2019)

‘A long and lonely process:’ Whistleblowers in a misconduct case speak out – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | )

‘Science by tweet’ prompts expression of concern, irking authors – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | October 2019)

(Australia) Skin cancer doctor in hot water after papers retracted – The Age (Liam Mannix and Tom Cowie | November 2019)

‘Misunderstanding of the academic rules’ leads to retraction of arthritis paper – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | October 2019)

“Do we have the will to do anything about it?” James Heathers reflects on the Eysenck case – Retraction Watch (James Heathers | October 2019)

(Australian case) A researcher with 30 retractions and counting: The whistleblower speaks – Retraction Watch (Artemisia Stricta | October 2019)

(Australia) UNSW skin cancer researcher Levon Khachigian hit with string of retractions – ABC News (Elise Worthington and Kyle Taylor | October 2019)

(Australia) Materials scientist will soon be up to 30 retractions – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | October 2019)

(Australian case) A publisher just retracted 22 articles. And the whistleblower is just getting started – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | September 2019)

‘Search for inspiration’ lands too close to plagiarism, forcing retraction of grief paper – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | April 2019)

(Australia) Materials scientist up to five retractions as publishers investigate dozens of his papers – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | August 2019)

(CAN) Pharmacy School Dean Withdraws From New Role After Retracted Book Review – Medscape (Ellie Kincaid | June 2019)

“Our current approaches are not working:” Time to make misconduct investigation reports public, says integrity expert – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | June 2019)

“Ethical shades of gray:” 90% of researchers in new health field admit to questionable practices – Retraction Watch (Alison McCook | March 2018)

(Australian QLD case) Research problems at Australian university hit the news – Retraction Watch (Victoria Stern | April 2018)

(Australian and New Zealand case with international coauthors) Big journal, big correction (Alison Abritis | February 2018)

“A concerning – largely unrecognised – threat to patient safety:” Nursing reviews cite retracted trials – Retraction Watch (Alison McCook | January 2018)

(Australian case) – Authors retract paper on psychopathic traits in bosses – Retraction Watch (Andrew P. Han | January 2018)

(Australian case) Authors withdraw study, citing “accidentally duplicated” images – Retraction Watch (Victoria Stern | September 2017)

(Hong Kong) Author admits to manipulating more than a dozen images in 2013 paper – Retraction Watch (Victoria Stern | August 2017)

(Australia) Are there foxes in Tasmania? Follow the poop – Retraction Watch (Victoria Stern | July 2017)

“Failure is an essential part of science:” A Q&A with the author of a new book on reproducibility – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | April 2017)

(Australia) 4th retraction for neuroscientist sentenced for fraud – Retraction Watch (Dalmeet Singh Chawla July 2016)

Complaints against Research Ethics Monthly

Request a Takedown

Submission Guidelines

About the Research Ethics Monthly

About subscribing to the Research Ethics Monthly

Random selected image from the AHRECS library. These were all purchased from iStockPhoto. These are images we use in our workshops and Dr Allen used in the GUREM.

ACN - 101321555 | ABN - 39101321555

Australasian Human Research Ethics Consultancy Services Pty Ltd (AHRECS)

Bad, Medicine: Journal publishes doubly-brutal retraction notice – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | December 2020)

The Linked Original Item was Posted On December 4, 2020

Related Reading

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Related Links

Research Ethics Monthly Receive copies of the Research Ethics Monthly directly by email. We will never spam you.

Australasian Human Research Ethics Consultancy Services Pty Ltd (AHRECS)

Research Ethics Monthly Receive copies of the Research Ethics Monthly directly
by email. We will never spam you.